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I (No Model.) Y I W. S. KILLINGSWORTH.

GIN SAW GUARD. Q No. 458,466. Patented Aug. 25, 1891.

WITNESSES: k //v VENTOH A TTOHNE Y S UNITED STATES GIN-SAW GSlVORTH, OFSAME PLACE FFICE.

PATENT NS, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,466, dated August25, 1891.

Application filed May 21,1891. Serial No. 393,653- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILEY S. KILLINGS- WORTH, residing at Laurens,Laurens county, and State of South Carolina, have invented a new anduseful Improvement .in Gin Saw Guards, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my inv set of guards to cover to riphery of the saws b thebrush at the low protect th ention is to provide a that portion of thepeetween the gin-ribs and er side of the saws to e hand and arm of theoperator from laceration by accidental contact with the saws. Inadjusting the mote-board, which [5 lies beneath the brush, it iscustomary to reach under the breast of the gin with the hand to pull themote-board forward or push it back, and as the dangerous saws areohscured or concealed from view accidents fre- 2o quently happen fromaccidental contact with the saws of the hand or arm, producing seriousand dangerous wounds. This liability is greatly increased by the blastof air from thebrush and saws, which blast entering the sleeve of theoperator puffs it up, bringing it in contact with the saws and drawingthe arm or hand into contact with the same, even when the actualposition of the arm and hand is some distance away.

The invention consists in separate grooved guard-fingers mounted rigidlyupon the crossbar of the frame-work below the saws and extending uparound the lower portion of the saws, as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through that portion of thegin containing the saws and brush. Fig. 2 is a side view of the gang ofsaws. Fig. 3 is a side View of one of the guard-fingers in detail, andFig. 4 is a front view of the same.

In the drawings, A represents the saws of the gin. Bis the brush; 0, thegin-ribs; I), the adjustable mote-board, and E is the sawguard. Thisconsists of a curved finger eX- tending about one-third the way aroundthe periphery of the saw and having an offset e at one end, providedwith screw-holes, by which it is firmly attached to the cross-bar C towhich the lower ends of the gin-ribs are fastened; These fingers arescrewed upon the opposite side of the cross-bar from the gin-ribs andextend inwardly under the saws to a point just below the tangentialpoint of the brush. These fingers are grooved or hollowed out upon theirconcave sides to form troughs to receive the saw-teeth, and at thebottom of the lower end of the trough is a small hole a to allow grainsof sand or other particles to drop out without accumulating and cloggingthe saws. These fingers are adjusted beneath the saws, one for each saw,and they are spaced at little distance apart, so as to allow motes,particles of sand, &C., to drop down between them. Now when the hand ofthe operator is inserted beneath the cross-bar C to adjust themote-board l.) the hand follows the course of the arrow and is entirelyprotected from abrasion or laceration by the saws by reason of theguards E.

The guard-fingers are made cheaply of castiron, and as there is but oneform of pattern their construction is inexpensive and their applicationuniversal to all gins without reference to the number of saws, a ginwith a large number of saws simply requiring a large number ofguard-fingers of the same construction.

I am aware of the fact that a single guardplate has been adjusted to thegin-saws so as to extend across them all; but this form of guardrequires to be specially made for each width of gin. My invention isdistinctive in the fact that the guard isacurved and grooved finger, oneof which is applied to each individual saw, with the advantages abovedescribed.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A guard for a gin-saw, consisting of a curved finger having a groovein its concave side and an offset a for attaching it to its support,substantially as shown and described.

2. A gin having circular saws, with an independent guard-finger for eachsaw 'extend- 9 ing from the lower cross-bar oi. the rib-frame d theperiphery oi the saw toward the brush, substantially as and for thepurpose substantially as shown and described. described.

no oondfixniion, with 15 0 circuizirsmvs WILEY H. [uHJNGSVORTH.cotton-gin, oi 2L sol-10s of groovod and I 1 guarr'l-fingors secured tothe lower bar of: the ribs and extending around WOI' periphery of thosaws toward the Y'v'itnob'ses:

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